Bodyline series: The day Bill Woodfull was struck on his heart by Harold Larwood
On January 14, 1933, Australian captain Bill Woodfull staggered after being hit over the heart by a ball from Harold Larwood. Two days later, wicketkeeper...
Bill O’Reilly — the greatest leg-spinner of all time
Bill O’Reilly, born December 20, 1905, was considered by Don Bradman to be the greatest bowler he had faced or seen. Arunabha Sengupta recalls...
Les Ames - the best batsman-keeper before Adam Gilchrist, Andy Flower & Kumar Sangakkara
Les Ames (born December 3, 1905) was the first choice England wicket-keeper of the 1930s and also a batsman good enough to score 100 First-class...
Bodyline: How the most infamous word in cricket was coined
After hostile fast bowling on the first day of the 1932-33 Ashes series, a Melbourne newspaper used a term for the first time that hurtled into...
Cricketing Rifts - 3: The intense animosity between Don Bradman & Wally Hammond
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-Virender Sehwag rift may have been denied vehemently by the team management, but the divide between the two is very...
